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    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty | Summary
    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty | Summary
    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty | Summary
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    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty | Summary

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    Acemoglu's theory and explanation of the differences in global prosperity are as enlightening as they are entertaining. He manages to make the puzzling concept dead simple to understand because the book, rather than a lengthy lecture explaining the theory, is a series of examples supporting it. After the first chapter, you will fundamentally understand the concept and theory behind this book, and each subsequent chapter will support the theory in fascinating ways.

    Take the opening example for instance: comparing a city, Nogales, that was literally cut in half by the US-Mexico border. So many history books and experts like to chalk up the world's current state to fate, such as in differences in climate or geographical location. Yet here is a shining example of how none of those things matter. At one point, this was just one city, and now it has become two cities so different, you'd think their shared name and location were some sort of joke.

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      This is very simplistic way of looking into world history. There are more factors ignored or overlooked in this book when considering why some countries are developed while others are not. Take for example, I found absurd to suggest to that slavery was endorsed by African head states as way of revenue generation and when slavery was abolished in Europe, that revenue no longer yield any value. Contrary to that, slavery was very lucrative business for European slavery owners and states and African slaves were brought by chains. As of today, Europeans are exploiting African countries with their support of corrupt dictators. Pleas get the facts straight.

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    Why Nations Fail - Summary Station

    Summary and Analysis of Robinson and Acemoglu’s "Why Nations Fail:

    The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty"

    By Summary Station

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    Printed in the United States of America

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    Table of Contents

    Chapter One

    Chapter Two

    Chapter Three

    Chapter Four

    Chapter Five

    Chapter Six

    Chapter Seven

    Chapter Eight

    Chapter Nine

    Chapter Ten

    Chapter Eleven

    Chapter Twelve

    Chapter Thirteen

    Chapter Fourteen

    Chapter Fifteen

    Analysis

    Chapter One

    The first examination demonstrates the contrast between Nogales, Arizona and Nogales in Mexico—two cities with similar cultures and people that are vastly different in their economic standing despite sharing a name and a border. In South America, Spanish colonization developed to the point where the indigenous people were forced to work for sustenance while the Spanish collected all profits from said slavery. In North America, settlers were unable to control the indigenous and refused to be slaves to the British authorities that sent them there.

    Mexico’s journey to independence was intermingled with Spain’s struggles to retain power due to Napoleon’s invasions. Mexico ended up with a constitutional monarchy to appease the people, but the ruler left enough loopholes to declare himself dictator—starting a process of president swapping that would repeat itself throughout Mexico’s history. With the obvious exception of slaves, the majority of the United States’ population had always had more economic opportunities available.

    The Industrial Revolution arrived in America from England and was incredibly effective in the US because anyone could file a

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